Game Thread GAME# 71: ROCKETS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 20, 2018 - TUESDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), TNT (1 Viewer)

[Haakzilla]

CP3 with the dirty rotten John Stockton hip tug -- fuck the Rockets!

 

[EGame]

Id love to blame the refs, but this game is on Dame and CJ. You have to show up. No excuse not too.

 

[joeBlazers]

And I still hate Chris Paul ... and even more tonight.

 

[blazerkor]

Dame didn't have it tonight and that cost us the game.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I love this team!

Fuck the Lillard haters.

 

[tester551]

So surprised Paul gets away with shoving in the back to get the rebound.

Paul gets away with tons. Not surprised a bit

 

[Jon]

Dame obviously had his baby on his mind. Good effort, though.

 

[SportsAndWhine]

Ah well. Gotta make sure we learn our place. Good game, Silver.

 

[tykendo]

Damn! I know there are no moral victories, but Hard on and Paul shoot lights out from three, our two best couldn't hit the broadside, and it was a battle. Dame won't shoot that bad next time. Great streak comes to an end. Proud of our boys.

 

[trailblazer18]

Man...that stinks.

 

[BlayZa]

harden drops 42 13/25 and 5/7 from 3

cj and dame combined drop in 28 - 9/32 and 0-12 from 3

0-12

come the fuck on.....

 

[kingslayer]

Heartbreaker. Fortunately OKC and Utah lost, that softens the blow just a tad.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Proud of how these guys played. Lillard has one of his worst games and we only lost by 4. Props to Aminu for his strong start, Harkless continuing his strong play and Nurk taking advantage of his size.

 

[Lukee]

Ugh, so close. We'l take them in Houston.

 

[TBpup]

Blazers really battled. A close loss to the team with the best record in the NBA and with terrible games from their two stars. Could have been such a much better night but not really an unexpected loss. Houston is the better team and Portland gave them a run.

 

[VenomXL]

Tough game. Those Rockets threes down the stretch were crazy.

 

[Sarni]

To be fair I am actually encouraged by this game. We had our two best players have a night off, and not even mildly because they were both bottom tier G-League standard out there and we still lost by just 4 points after a tough game to the best team in the league.

 

[Darkwebs]

At least Hark and Aminu continued to shoot lights out from distance.

 

[Lukee]

btw Nurk is monster. Capela gtfo

 

[trailblazer18]

Nurk, Aminu, and Hark all played great. Just needed a little something from Dame and CJ. Oh well, on to the next.

 

[Scalma]

That’s the best team in the nba? CJ and Dame wouldn’t be off like that in a seven game series.

Congrats on winning the battle.

 

[tykendo]

Nurk, Chief, Mo, and ET with great games. They keep that up, and the Blazers will be extremely tough to beat.

 

[blue9]

Disappointing loss - a couple stupid mistakes eliminated or an average game from Dame and it's a win. That said, much better than I expected.

 

[B-Roy]

At least Utah and OKC lost tonight as well.

 

[HailBlazers]

Close game when both Dame and CJ were awful from the field. Too bad it wasted such a great performance from the front court.

Still our front court needs to get better, Dame/CJ won't always be on, we need significant and reliable post scoring from Collins/Nurk.

 

[EGame]

But yes I want to recognize pretty much everyone else tonight. Aminu, Moe, Nurkic, Turner, Davis, etc. They all played great. but this is a superstars game and you have to have your stars do something, anything to get the win.

 

[Chris Craig]

Oh well. Proud of the Blazers. Played a hard game. Rockets barely won.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Blazers hosed in the end by Refs. Hope the NBA gets karma served on a fine platter and CP3 lumps through the playoffs.

 

[tykendo]

That’s the best team in the nba? CJ and Dame wouldn’t be off like that in a seven game series.

Congrats on winning the battle.

Totally agree. Bad shooting nights happen.

 

[joeBlazers]

CJ ... ZERO free throws. I mean NONE. 4-15 from the field. 8 points. Seriously?